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aptitude

[ap-ti-tood, -tyood] / ˈæp tɪˌtud, -ˌtjud /




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“The main thing is finding something that you enjoy doing, that preferably doesn’t harm others, and that tests whatever aptitude one has, that tests one’s ingenuity,” he said of his approach to life.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

Lodge is being a bit modest when he plays down his family’s business aptitude.

From Barron's Jun. 25, 2026

Maybe you thought you’d excel at one aspect of the job, but it turns out you have an aptitude for something completely different.

From MarketWatch Jun. 22, 2026

After her divorce, she went to Indiana University Southeast to sit for an aptitude test.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 23, 2026

When it came to apportioning work on an aptitude basis, the smaller girls were assigned to dust the legs and lower shelves of furniture; the older girls to dust table tops and upper shelves.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

A national AI-employment system could provide individual assistance to the unemployed: assessing their aptitudes and interest and matching them with emerging jobs.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 5, 2026

Children can start learning at these levels at different ages, decided by the school depending on "individual needs and aptitudes".

From BBC Dec. 12, 2023

The paper's authors add that the results could potentially help better illuminate the learning process, identify the causes behind certain afflictions, and spot sound-related aptitudes.

From Science Daily Oct. 6, 2023

Her style betrays a self-satisfied exaggeration of her aptitudes.

From Washington Post Nov. 2, 2022

Lori, because of her good grades and art portfolio, had been accepted into a government-sponsored summer camp for students with special aptitudes.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls




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